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Lyngsat has useful signal information but doesn't appear to be a perfect catalog of spacecraft. According to satsig satbeams and needlebase the inventory around 110°W includes DirecTV-1R at 109.8°W, EchoStar-10 at 110.0°W, EchoStar-11 at 110.1°W, and DirecTV-5 (originally built as Tempo-1) at...

The spacecraft in question has been "off" for some time. Orbital position has multiple occupancy DirecTV 1R, the spacecraft in question has been "off" for some time. What you're receving from the area in the sky must coming be from a different spacecraft. The referenced FCC application...

That's not actually a wondeful idea... Communications sattelites in geosynchronous orbit don't carry enough propellant to lose enough velocity to achieve an orbit low enough to noticably increase their drag and accelerate their inevitable fall to earth. The stationkeeping thrusters only have...